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An explosion has closed a second Chevron facility in Nigeria as renewed attacks by militants further cut production in Africa's biggest petroleum producer, Nigeria .  Some  v illagers  confirmed the incident, claiming that the Chevron well on Marakaba pipeline on Thursday was attacked by militants. They didn't disclose their identity because of fear.  Production has reached a 20-year low because of attacks on a Chevron platform last week and on a pipeline that forced Shell to suspend exports of Bonny Light on Wednesday. Shell's Forcados export terminal has been shut since a February bombing.

Tragedy struck in Argentina when a second-division soccer player was shot and killed for struggling with unknown assailants who apparently entered his home in a robbery attempt. His club Nueva Chicago on Friday May 13, named the victim as 26-year-old defender Rodrigo Espindola. According to the local police, a security camera caught images of Espindola arriving his home on Thursday night May 12, with his family in a car on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. The vice president of the club Daniel Ferreiro referred to it as a“sad day,” and the Argentine Football Association expressed “its sadness” over the death. The Late Espindola until his death played in the Argentine first division for Racing Club and has featured in three seasons with Nueva Chicago, which is in a Buenos Aires.

  Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world's oldest person, has died in New York at age 116.  According to Robert Young, a senior  consultant  for  the  Los  Angeles based Gerontology Research Group, Jones was affectionately known by family and neighbors as Miss Susie and died on Thursday night at a public housing facility for seniors in Brooklyn where she had lived for more than three decades. She had been ill for the past 10 days, he said. Jones became Guinness World Records' official oldest person when 117-year-old Misao Okawa died in Tokyo last year.

It all started when she got mature (17yrs old) and yet could not menstruate. Her mother then took her to see the Doctor Who after running some tests, discovered she had no womb, cervix or upper vagina. She was diagnosed with Rokitansky syndrome. It basically means that while in her mother’s womb the embryo did not develop these organs. She has all the outward female private parts, but she does not have the proper inward genitals. Science claims that one in 5000 women get born with underdeveloped or absent womb, cervix and vagina. Here is what Joanna Giannouli herself has to say about it. She has turned 27 by now. “Well, it’s been almost 10 years. I’m still feeling bad about it but I’m not ashamed any more, it’s been way too long. And I’ve realised that I cannot change it, it’s just the way it is, I have to embrace it and live with it.” Besides not having any menstruation the girl had hard time making love. Her vagina inside was too short and too narrow. The doctors ha

When a new president is elected, the people always expect a better performance than the past one. In my opinion, Jonathan's government was way better than this silly talk about 'change' (APC), which has done nothing but bring the economy of Nigeria to its knees. First, it was about the exchange rate of dollar which hiked to about 400naira from 150naira and got everything about two times expensive. Presently dollar exchanges for 318naira, still this has not made living cheap. Still on the negative 'change' by the ruling party, the government made things worse by making silly decisions that got petrol price up to 250naira from 86.5naira per litre. It got so bad that sachet water initially being sold for 60naira per bag became 180naira. Now they have removed petrol subsidy, causing it to sell at 145naira per litre. They claim it will make life better by providing money for infrastructures and other amenities. It looks like the country, Nigeria, has become a

Coca-Cola will stop production of all canned drinks in Namibia and has warned consumers of possible shortages, the company said today, May 12, as a regional drought worsens across southern Africa. Authorities have ordered businesses in Windhoek, the Namibian capital, to cut water consumption by 30 percent due to the impact of drought which has also gripped Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi. Frik Oosthuizen, Head of Coca-cola in Namibia, in a statement said, “We will cease the manufacturing of all canned products locally, substituting them with imported canned beverages from South Africa. “This decision has been taken as a direct result of the water crisis that is facing the Central region of Namibia and we are making every effort to continue to supply our customers.” Production of all drinks in glass bottles will also be halted at the Coca-Cola factory in Windhoek, but will continue at its plant in the north of the country. Plastic bottled drinks though will still be produced in

A 26-year-old salesboy, Kingsley Njuzie was today, May 12, arraigned at a Gudu Upper Area Court for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend, Charity Ene with a knife. The Prosecutor, told the court that Kingsley Urom Otu Njuzie, who resides at Lagos st., Garki 2, was on trial on a two-count charge of criminal force and assault and voluntarily causing hurt. The complainant, Ene of Wunba village, Apo, Abuja had reported the matter at the Garki police station on May 8. The defendant allegedly dragged the complainant from a moving tricycle and assaulted her. The prosecutor further alleged that the defendant punched the defendant on her face, beat her up and used a knife to inflict injuries on her body for no justifiable reason. "The offence contravened Sections 265 and 246 of the Penal Code", he said. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted bail by the Presiding Officer, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, in the sum of N20,000 with one surety in like sum. Kagarko sa

A heavy explosion has rocked the busy Musa Usman Secretariat main Gate in Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria. Reports claimed that the incident took place at about 11:40am today, leaving two dead and a lot of people injured. The area has since been condoned off by military troops and men of the Civilian JTF. Yesterday, May 11, a suicide bomber killed himself in an attempt to enter a mosque in Maiduguri, leaving 6 people injured.

A trado-medical doctor is presently under investigation by the Isokoko police division, Ayobo, Lagos for allegedly forcing a patient. The lady, Funmilayo (pseudonym), who is a 26-year-old National Diploma holder from a polytechnic in Lagos was said to have gotten pregnant after the said act. According to findings, the lady was an ulcer patient in the Ipaja Ayobo area of the state, who approached the doctor’s Damola Healthcare for treatment on her ailment. But, the doctor, simply identified as Abiodun, maneuvered the treatment and forcefully slept with her, and when he discovered that she had gotten pregnant from the act, asked her to abort the pregnancy. Funmilayo had been asked to pay N18,000 by Abiodun’s workers after prescribing some herbal drugs for her treatment, and she reportedly deposited N10,000 But when there was no improvement in her situation, the lady requested to meet with Abiodun for further counselling in January 2016. And after conducting some tests on her,

A report from Amnesty International on Wednesday declared that no fewer than 149 detainees have died in dreadful conditions while being detained by the military in Maiduguri, Borno State, this year. The body in its latest report stated that 11 of those who died at the Giwa barracks were young children, including four babies. It referred to the detention centre as “a place of death” which must be shut down automatically. In a BBC report, the report is the latest of several other damning reports on the Nigerian military’s treatment of suspects. In the report, Amnesty said information it got from interviews with former detainees and eyewitnesses, as well as video and photographs, show that many detainees may have died from disease, hunger, dehydration, and gunshot wounds. “The discovery that babies and young children have died in appalling conditions in military detention is both harrowing and horrifying,” said Netsanet Belay, Amnesty’s research and advocacy director for Africa

From an international report yesterday, it was learnt that 10 foreigners, including 2 Nigerians  are among 15 convicts on death row in Indonesia scheduled to be put to death.  Liliek Darmanto, Central Java Police spokesman, confirmed that authorities were preparing a new round of executions. He stated clearly that one Pakistani, two Nigerians, two Senegalese, one Zimbabwean and four Chinese nationals were among those to be executed. “There are five Indonesians, one woman and four men and there are 10 foreign citizens,” he said.  Darmanto said among other foreigners on death row for drug trafficking were Mary-Jane Veloso, from the Philippines; Lindsay Sandiford, from Britain and Frenchman Serge Atlaoui, but did not say if they were among those scheduled to be executed.  He said no date for the execution had been fixed but  added that 150 police shooters had been appointed to do the job. “They have been practicing for days so that the execution can be conducted any time,” Darmanto

Angry youths in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano on Wednesday set buildings belonging to Senator Kabiru Gaya and House of Representatives member, Abdullahi Gaya, on fire. It was gathered that the youths were angry over the alleged failure of both lawmakers representing them in the National Assembly to fulfill their campaign promises. The youths had started a violent protest early in the day, laying siege to and eventually destroying the country home of the Senator. The youths dispersed afterwards but regrouped later to set the campaign office of the House of Reps member ablaze. One of the leaders of the youths, Tanimu Gaya, said the youths were angry over the failure of the lawmakers to provide water, electricity, jobs and roads as they promised prior to their elections in 2015. They lamented that one year after the polls, residents of the area still cover a long distance to get water, while hundreds of youth still roam the streets without jobs. The Spokesperson of th

 The Lagos state government says it has identified over 500 distressed and abandoned buildings in the state which may collapse if they are not rehabilitated. The owners of such buildings have been given a deadline of June 3rd to put them in shape or face prosecution. This decision was reached when the government discovered that over 500 buildings may collapse due to poor structuring. Abiola Anifowoshe, the commissioner for physical planning and urban development, has said that the state government would not tolerate distressed and abandoned buildings littering the streets of Lagos. Thus, he gave the warning in Lagos on Tuesday, May 10. He said government is taken an inventory of abandoned buildings in the state and had identified over 500 distressed buildings. “Recently the ministry published the first batch of these abandoned buildings and has since issued a 90 days ultimatum to owners to take possession or be ready to face the wrath of the law. We would continue to carry out

There was a gruesome accident around noon on Friday, May 6 along Jakande Estate of Festac-Mile 2 link road between a trailer and a commercial bus popular referred to as danfo, killing two and leaving ten persons critically injured. According to witnesses, the driver of the trailer lost control of his breaks and ran into the danfo that was alighting some passengers. He tried to escape afterwards but was caught by people in the area. A road safety official by name John confirmed the severity of the survivors injury and he said “I hope they make it alive from the hospital.” Also according to an eyewitness that was identified as Abu Dauda, he thanked the police and LASMA that came with Lagos state ambulance for quick attention to the wounded. In his words: “if not, it would have been something else, they (Police, LASMA) really tried.”

When a new year or month comes, we fondly wish ourselves good tidings and pray for good will but it doesn't usually come as we desire. It is true that everyone loves himself but the saying goes that no man is an island. We all care about our friends and families and that is the reason we extend our love and support to them. The month of April has not been a good month for me because i have to feel the pain and tragedy that was met by two of my colleagues at work. Earlier last week, a colleague of mine lost 3 fingers in an accident at work.  Though he is still currently receiving treatment at the hospital where doctors are working really hard to make them usable, we are not sure of the outcome since all 3 fingers were recovered and sewn back.     Our boss who is an Indian, didn't even flinch about compensation. All he could say was get well and come back to work. Not even did he visit with food supplies. I pray for him everyday for those fingers to not only heal but re

The Lagos Police Command has arrested Mr Lekan Shonde for allegedly killing his wife in the Egbeda area of the state. According to the spokesperson for the Command, Dolapo Badmos, Mr Shonde was tracked down to a location in Ikeja on Saturday, before his arrest on Monday. The police said he had been on the run since Thursday night. Badmos said the suspect would be transferred to the state department of criminal investigation for further investigations on the case before he would be charged.

The Islamic extremist group, on Saturday threw a young man off a five-story building in Manbij city in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo for being gay. According to a local news website,ARA, the man was arrested by the group’s Hisba police on charges of homosexuality and was thrown from the top of the building, adding that local residents, including children were ordered to attend the execution. A media activist Nasser Taljbini said ,“The man was thrown brutally by ISIS masked members from the top of the building in the city. The barbaric execution took place in front of hundreds of people,” The ISIS Sharia Court that handled the matter explained to onlookers that throwing gays this way will cleanse their sins. Last October, the terror group brutally threw two young men off a building’s roof under the pretext they were a “gay couple” in the North-Western Iraqi city of Mosul. The extremist group has executed dozens of allegedly gay men in its areas of control in Syria

In a report by The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) on Sunday 8 May 2016, 4 people died while 3 others sustained injuries in the train accident that occurred in Jebba on Saturday 7 May. The Assistant Director in charge of Publicity in the corporation, Mr Rauf Akinloye, told newsmen that the corpses of the deceased were deposited at the mortuary while those injured were discharged after receiving treatment. He said the rear portion of the train derailed leading to the death of the 4 persons and that the damaged tracks were being repaired. He however, assured travellers of safety of life and properties while travelling on the trains in spite of the incident. Already, Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara had commiserated with the families of the deceased. The governor, in a condolence message issued in Ilorin on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Abdulwahab Oba, wished the passengers who sustained injuries speedy recovery. He described the accident as painful and unfortunate

A woman, identified as Mrs Ronke Bewaji Shonde, has been reported dead after being beaten by her husband in Egbeda, Lagos. The incident occurred at #5 Tiemo Crescent, off Awori Street, Ile-Epo Alhaji,  Egbeda, Lagos where she resided with her husband(Lekan Shonde) and her two kids. Reports from neighbours claimed that the couple fought on Friday morning during which noise was heard from their flat. Their nanny, who reported for work at about 7am but could not enter the apartment because it was locked, peeped through the window and saw the kids crying, trying to wake their mother. She then raised alarm. A neighbour said that they heard noise from the building but didn’t think it was something as serious as death, until the nanny raised the alarm. The door to the couple’s flat was said to have been forced open and the woman’s corpse found with blood stains on her head. The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus, who confirmed the incident said it wa